PDP BoT backs Udeokoye, urges NWC to swear him in as PDP National Secretary

The Peoples Democratic Party PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), on Wednesday, threw its weight behind Sunday Ude Okoye and urged the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to swear him in immediately.

Adolphus Wabara, the BoT Chairman, disclosed this after a meeting by the body at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, on Wednesday

The Board of Trustees said it was asserting its position as a prominent organ of the PDP as enshrined under Section 13 (1)(r) of the Constitution of the party.

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According to the BoT Chairman, ” the BoT also asserts its inherent authority under Section 32 (5)(a) of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017) which empowers it to “ensure highest standards of morality in all the activities of the Party by acting as the conscience of the Party, with powers to call to order any officer of the Party, whose conduct falls below the norms.”

He disclosed that the BoT in exercise of its constitutional powers received, exhaustively considered and hereby adopt the report of its committee led by Tanimu Turaki on the issue of the National Secretary of the PDP especially with regard to the declarative judgment of the High Court of Enugu as upheld by the Court of Appeal.

“Consequently, the BoT by adopting the report recognizes Hon. Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the substantive National Secretary of the PDP in full obedience to the declaratory Judgment of the High Court of Enugu as also upheld by the Court of Appeal there being no contrary or overriding judgment from any Court of superior jurisdiction”.

The BoT therefore , charged the National Working Committee (NWC) to recognize and immediately swear in Hon. Sunday Udeh-Okoye as the National Secretary of the PDP in obedience to the Judgment of the Court of Appeal.

The BoT also urged all party organs, critical stakeholders, leaders and members across the country as well as all democracy development partners and institutions to be guided by the judgment of the Court of Appeal with regard to the position of the National Secretary of the PDP.

The board’s decision followed a similar position taken by the party’s Governors, under the PDP Governors Forum, where it directed the party’s NWC to also swear in Udeokoye as the authentic National Secretary of the party.

The BoT, in its resolution, commended the PDP Governors’ Forum, the National Working Committee, South East Executive Committee and all other organs of the Party for their steadfastness in upholding the provisions of the Constitution and operational Guidelines of the PDP.

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The board also expressed satisfaction with the PDP Governors’ Forum and the National Working Committee (NWC) for their concerted efforts in finally setting Thursday, March 13th, 2025 as the date for the much-anticipated National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Party ” especially bearing in mind that the NEC meeting is the platform for critical deliberations that will shape the future of our party and by extension, the future of Nigeria.”

Also speaking on the leadership of the BoT, Wabara said the members ” unanimously passed a Vote of Confidence on the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara and Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Senator Ahmed Makarfi for their outstanding leadership in piloting the affairs of the BoT and stabilising the Party”.